Crystal Eloise Hart, 79, of Mt. Vernon, died Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, at Crossroads Community Hospital in Mt. Vernon.

She was a homemaker.

Mrs. Hart was born Nov. 17, 1924, in Parrish to Ransom and Glenna (Launus) Price, and married Thomas Perry Hart Jr. Nov. 21, 1942 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Her husband died Feb. 1, 1992.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery in Benton. The Rev. Dennis Preston will officiate, and those attending the service are asked to go directly to the cemetery. There will be no public visitation.

Mrs. Hart is survived by her sons Mark Hart and wife Becky of Kokomi, Ind., and Keith Hart and wife June of Mt. Vernon; grandchildren Darren Hart and wife Laura of Ft. Wayne, Ind., David Hart and wife Ivory of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Michelle Asay and husband Kevin of Lafayette, Ind., Olivia Hart of Houston, Texas, Timothy Hart of Murray, Ky., and Paul Hart of Mt. Vernon; great-grandchildren Haven Hart, Havannah Hart and Ethan Asay; and several nieces and nephews.

Her parents, husband, infant sister, Wanda Ruth, and brother, Ransom Price, preceded her in death.

Mrs. Hart was a member of First Christian Church in Christopher, and she enjoyed her randchildren, cooking, gardening and visiting with friends.

Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association and will be accepted at the funeral home or may be mailed to Hughey Funeral Home, P.O. Box 721, Mt. Vernon, IL 62864. For more obituary information, call Hughey Funeral Home at any time at 242-3348.

Source: Mount Vernon Register News
Date: 0ctober 10, 2004
Submitted by Robert W. Loman